Book Recommendations for a physics student who thinks math is a tedious tool and not something to be admired.
I want to love it, but it's being abusive lately.
Tell me some literature that'll make me want to sleep with the subject.
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Anonymous2009-05-06 22:46
If all else fails, generalize!
Find something that will make you want to sleep with *anything* (vodka usually works), then specialize "anything" to "math".
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Anonymous2009-05-06 23:06
SICP
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Anonymous2009-05-07 0:25
The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers
The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Geometry
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Anonymous2009-05-07 13:58
You won't like math unless you change your brain chemistry with amphetamines.
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Anonymous2009-05-07 17:53
methemetics
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Anonymous2009-05-07 18:38
The elemends by Euclid!
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Anonymous2009-05-07 22:10
Just study calc for 8 hours a day while drinking large amounts of coffee. Do this for a month. It's even more fun if you do it with a friend and help each other. You'll learn to love it.
I tried this, I don't remember, but I think I got fluids all over the text book. Also, there was some old guy in my bed. This did not work at all.
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Anonymous2009-05-08 15:17
Pot+Euclid and Descartes discourse of the method yah ?
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Anonymous2009-05-09 0:25
Pot.
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Anonymous2009-05-09 1:19
As they say, physics is to math and sex is to masturbation.
You could say this about chemistry too, I think. Math for its own sake requires a pretty peculiar (in a good way) mind. Study science and learn math as you go.
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Anonymous2009-05-09 1:26
I like the Project Mathematics videos series for high school -- I saw these as an adult on NASA tv and I thought they were interesting and cute, with concepts animated, historical notes, and pleasant classical piano in the background.
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Anonymous2009-05-10 0:22
Pick up The Life of Fred. Its a cute story about calculus one and two. It's hilarious.